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Angola Notary Qualification Exam study plan

Angola Notary Qualification Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law (Obligations, Contracts, Real Rights and Family/Inheritance) & General Theory of Notarial Law and the Notarial Function

  • Outline the Angolan Civil Code structure on obligations and contracts, mapping sources, formation, and effects into a one-page schematic

  • Distinguish the notarial function from judicial and administrative functions by writing a comparison table with at least six criteria

  • Explain to a study partner, without notes, the difference between public and private documents and the evidentiary value of each

  • Solve 20 contract-formation scenarios (consent vices, object, cause, form) and record the reasoning for each

Your checkpoint

A 3-page synthesis of obligations and contract formation with 20 worked scenarios, self-graded against the Civil Code.

Week 2

Civil Law (Obligations, Contracts, Real Rights and Family/Inheritance) & Notarial Deeds and Instruments (Drafting, Authentication, Solemn Forms)

  • Draft model clauses for the main solemn contracts (sale of immovable property, donation, mortgage) applying required form requirements

  • Compare real rights (property, usufruct, use and habitation, surface, easement) in a structured matrix with constitution and extinction modes

  • Identify the formal requisites of a notarial deed by deconstructing three blank deed templates into a checklist

  • Practice converting a private agreement into a notarial deed without altering legal effect

Your checkpoint

A drafting pack of three complete notarial deeds (sale, donation, mortgage) with a formal-requisites checklist attached to each.

Week 3

Notarial Deeds and Instruments (Drafting, Authentication, Solemn Forms) & General Theory of Notarial Law and the Notarial Function

  • Draft authentication certificates (termos de autenticação) and recognition of signatures for both presence and likeness modes

  • Draft a power of attorney and a will in solemn form, checking each against statutory form requirements

  • List the grounds for nullity and annulability of notarial acts and classify ten hypothetical defects accordingly

  • Rehearse reading a deed aloud with correct structure, including encerramento and signature blocks

Your checkpoint

A portfolio of five instruments (authentication, signature recognition, power of attorney, will, deed of rectification) with a defect-classification sheet.

Week 4

Commercial Law and Company Law (Incorporation, Amendments, Dissolution) & Notarial Deeds and Instruments (Drafting, Authentication, Solemn Forms)

  • Draft incorporation documents for a private limited company (sociedade por quotas), including the pacto social and registration formalities

  • Draft a deed of amendment to the articles of association covering share transfers and capital changes

  • Draft a dissolution and liquidation deed, identifying the notarial steps and required publications

  • Cross-check each company instrument against mandatory commercial-registry content requirements

Your checkpoint

A company-instrument bundle (incorporation, amendment, dissolution) plus a compliance checklist for commercial registry filing.

Week 5

Real Estate Law, Land Registry and Property Conveyancing & Succession, Wills and Inheritance Procedures

  • Trace the full conveyancing chain for an urban property from title through registry to notarial deed, listing every document required

  • Draft a deed of purchase and sale of immovable property with mortgage cancellation and registry presentment notes

  • Map the succession procedure from opening to partition, distinguishing testamentary and intestate routes

  • Draft an inventory and a deed of partition and a deed of heirship (habilitação de herdeiros)

Your checkpoint

A complete conveyancing file simulation and a succession file simulation, each with an ordered document checklist and drafted instruments.

Week 6

Notarial Deontology, Ethics and Professional Duties & Civil Registry, Identification and Family Law Matters

  • Summarize the notary's statutory duties (impartiality, secrecy, independence, incompatibility) into a personal code of conduct with concrete examples

  • Analyze ten ethical dilemmas (conflict of interest, client pressure, refusal to act) and write the correct course of action for each

  • Explain civil-registry acts relevant to notarial practice: birth, marriage, death and capacity records

  • Draft a checklist for verifying identity, capacity and representation before any act

Your checkpoint

An ethics casebook of ten dilemmas with reasoned resolutions and an identity/capacity verification checklist.

Week 7

Anti-Money-Laundering, Compliance and Notarial Record-Keeping & Notarial Fees, Taxation of Acts and Procedural Practice

  • Build an AML/CFT client due-diligence procedure tailored to notarial acts, covering identification, beneficial ownership and suspicious-transaction reporting

  • Design a record-keeping and archive system with retention periods and access controls

  • Compute notarial fees and applicable taxes for a set of ten representative acts using the official fee table

  • Reconcile three fee computations against worked examples and correct discrepancies

Your checkpoint

An AML/record-keeping manual (3 pages) and a fee-and-tax computation workbook with ten fully worked acts.

Week 8

General Theory of Notarial Law and the Notarial Function & Civil Law (Obligations, Contracts, Real Rights and Family/Inheritance) & Notarial Deeds and Instruments (Drafting, Authentication, Solemn Forms)

  • Complete two full timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them against the answer key

  • Review every missed item and convert each into a one-line flashcard rule

  • Re-draft the two weakest instruments from earlier weeks to target quality

  • Consolidate a final one-page summary per domain for last-minute revision

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock exams with an error log and a final ten-page consolidated revision summary.

Milestones

Week 2: Can draft a sale, donation and mortgage deed from a blank page within 45 minutes each, meeting all formal requisites.

Week 4: Scores at least 70% on a self-made 40-question test covering civil and commercial law plus deed drafting.

Week 6: Completes the conveyancing and succession simulations end-to-end with no missing documents.

Week 8: Scores at least 75% on both timed mock exams and has an error log with no recurring category.